Wonderful character development!

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

From the characters to the plot to how everything escalated is just bad. Like dramatic hypocriticaly bad if that's even possible. Sorry

nothing surprising. only decent acting, young actors, the old novel, a new frame. and, maybe, nothing more. result- a nice version, more seductive for young public . short, a cool film. and this could be a real great virtue ( of you do not ignore the sensuality of Ryan Philip).

Man, this movie is just a punch to the heart. Can you just imagine both the guy's situation, and the girls's at the end after he gets hit by the car. Dudes step sister try to set him up and everything. All for her own selfish wants. All she ever was is a drug addict, spoiled, and manipulative b*tch. The ending of this movie is a series of serious punches to the heart. It starts at the beginning of the funeral, and gets progressively harder after "The Verve" starts playing bittersweet symphony, after the speech dudes step sister is giving. the guy that died had a journal filled with horrible stuff she did. It was written by his love, who is now living without him.I tried to make as such sense as I could, but it's one of those reviews you have to spoil in order to do, but you don't want to at the same time. The pain in this movie is a unique experience, and the revenge by the girl at the end IS bittersweet. I shed a tear during this, and movies hardly EVER make me cry. I gave this movie a perfect 10... I hardly ever give perfect 10 ratings. man the ending is one of the best endings I have ever experienced.

A step brother and sister make a bet to take the virginity of the headmasters daughter. This is a decent drama that holds the attention well throughout as the immoral bet takes it toll on all concerned. I wasn't particularly taken with Ryan Phillipe's performance though he does play the confident spoilt rich kid pretty well. The female leads fare better with perhaps surprisingly Sarah Michelle Gellar outperforming Reese Witherspoon though to be fair her part is the better one. I was interested to see where the plot would go and was pleased that it didn't follow a predictable path. I liked the dark ending and think it went well with the tone of the film. Although it's a bit unsubstantial to be a great film this is still an entertaining watch.